Chicken-brooder.



H. G. HQOPS.- CHICKEN BROODER. APPLIOATION FILED JUNI: 3,0, laas.

Patented Feb. 2, 1909.

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HENRY e.` noors, or BYRON, NEBRASKA, Assrenoa or ONE-HALF 'ro GEORGE Bos'rELMAN.

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Tofcllwhom it may concern:

G-` Hoors, a citizen of the United States, residing vat Byron, in the county'of Thayer and State of v=.l\lebraska,-have invented anewand useful .Chicken-Broeder, of which the following isa specification. `l

This invention relates to broeders and has for its object to provide a comparatively simple .and inexpensivel dev-icaof'. this character es eciall f designedv for rotectine D young chicks until they are'large enough to take care of themselve. f

effect certain improvements in the construc- "tion of the broeder whereby the same may be more readilyT and 'eiiiciently cleaned than heretofore. i

A still further object of the inventionis to provide improved 'means for heating the over compartmena` and means for preventing overcrowding of the chickens in: said Yhover compartment. i

Further objects 'and advantages will appearin the following description, it being understood that various changes in form, proportions and minor details of const-,ruction vmay .be resorted to within the scope of the ap ended claims.

in tfie accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification: Figure 1 is a pcrspective view of a broeder constructed in accordance with m invention. l1`ig2 is a transverse sectiona View of thesame. Fig. 3 is a top plan view of the brooderwith the cover removed.: Fig. 4 is a longitudinal sectional view. i

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all of the figures of the drawings.

Theim roved brooder forming the subject matter o the present invention comprises a casing or housing 5 preferably rectangular in shape as shown, and including a top section 6 having cover sections 7 hingedly connected thereto at 8 so that access may bereadily had to the interior of the broeder..

Secured to the inner faces of the side Walls of the broeder are a series of spaced cleats or guides 9 adapted to support a -removable upper floor 10, which latter `divides the interior of the broeder into two compartq ments, `11 and L2, one oi.-wl.ii.ch constitutes a hover compartment and the other a chamber into which the chicks pass after leaving said hover compartment.

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Extending transversely across theiiiterior of' the broeder-.and bearing` vagainst .the removable iloor 10,is a partitionl, the latter .being spaced from the front wall ,of the 'casing to forma chamber le for the reception grat'enteesebfe, i909. i

of a lampf-or similar heating device, indicated` Disposed within the hover compartment 11 is `a heating chamber 16 preferably se mental' in` cross section and having vone .wa l thereof bolted or otherwise Arigidly secured-t0 the partition 13 and its opposite endend side "A f walls spaced from the `interior walls ofthe A further object of the-,invention is, toy

broeder to form a passage thereby to permit y circulation of.. hot an within the hoverl .-chamber.

Disposed .within the heating chamherG" l .is ya hot air flue. or pipe 17, one end of,` which is provided with a tunnel shapedI terminal 18 arranged above the lamp or he'atlng projects through the rear .Wall of said cham` ber, there being suitablev apertures 19 formed in the front wall of the brooder through which air is admitted to the lamp,` asbest shown in Fig. 1 ofthe drawing. i f

.Secured to the transversely curved cover 20 of the heating chamber is a hoverclotl'i 21 formed of white flannel, felt or other Smitajblle device 15, while the opposite end ofthe tube material, said hover cloth being spaced from the removable,iloorsection 1'0 soas toallow the young chicks to hover beneath the'heatl ing chamber with theirv backs against the cloth 21.

In order to y revent vover-crowding of the chicks within t ehover compartment 11 the removable .floor section 10v is iprovided with an opening 22 preferably disposed at the warmest part of the brooder, that is to say at the oint of entrance of the hot air fine 17 into the heating. chamber, and through which the chickens may drop into the lower compartment 12. l One end of the com artment 12 is closed by apivoted end wal 23 capable of being swung upwardly to open position so as to permit the chicks that are forced or crowded through the opening 22 into the compartment 12 to pass' from said com artment to a barn-yard or other suitable inc osure.

A ladder or stairway 24 is preferably arranged within the compartment 12 so that attract-ed by the light and thus ,ascend the ladder.

'Attention is here called to the fact that the partition 13 extends the entire height of the frooder and forms an air tight barrier between the 'compartments 11 and 14 thereby to prevent the gases arising from the lamp 15 from enteringA the hover compartment and smothering or otherwise injuring the chickens. z t

The side Walls of the casing are dpreferably provided with transversely aline openings 25 so as to permit the circulation of fresh air transversely through both the compartments 11 and'12.

Byl making the cover of the heating chamber substantially. concavo-convex 1n removable bottom section 27, which latter rests .on suitable cleats 28 carried by the side walls so that both the upper and lower iioor sections 10 and 27, respectively, may be readily removed and cleaned when necessary. y The brooder may be made in different sizes and shapes and any number of ipes or iues may be arranged within the ieating compartment without departing from the spirit of the invention.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed is:

1. A brooder including a casing having hinged cover sections andprovided with a pivoted end Wall, a removable floor disposed within the casing and dividing the interior thereof into superposed comlplartments, a heating chamber arranged Wit 'n the upper compartment of the casing and having a. c'oncavo-convex upper Wal, a hovei` cloth secured to the opposite longitudinal edges 'of said concavo-convex upper wall and spaced from the iioor, a heating flue extending within the heating chamber, and a heating evice communicating with one end of the ue. 2. A brooder includin a casing having perforated side walls, t e inner faces of which are provided with a series ofghorizontally disposed guides, a removablel upper floor supported on some of said guides and dividing the interior of the brooder into superposed compartments, a partition eX- tending transversely across the casing at one end thereof and spaced from the adjacent wall of the latter to form a forward chamber,

a heating chamber arranged within the upper compartment of the casing and having one wall thereof secured to the partition, the opposite end and side walls of the heating o amber being spaced from the adjacent interior walls of the upper compartment of said casing, a hover cloth forming the bottom of the heating chamber and spaced from the upper floor, a heating device arranged within the forward chamber of the casing, a flue dis`- posed Within the heating chamber and having one end thereof extending above .the heating device and its opposite end communicating with the interior of the forward chamber, there being spaced openings in the upper floor section forming a source of communication between the upper and lower compartments of the casing, one of said openings being disposed at the point of entrance of the flue within the heating chamber, and a removable lower floor forming the bottom of the brooder.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

HENRY G, HOOPS.

I/Vitnesses PAUL WURL, FRANK SOI-IUKAR. 

